celestial bodies

Writing

these ink-stained hands

By Kristy Kwok
issue 18

there’s a galaxy, all ink and stars, that spins below your collarbone, 
and i can’t help but wonder who drew it:
did they see you as i see you? did they mean it to remind me
of the truth that other hands have gone where mine just dream they’ve been?

celestial bodies
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